Purple ROTC--What a Concept
Abstract
Our Armed Forces have united to fight jointly many times in past and present conflicts. The next millennium will be no different, in fact to retain full spectrum dominance our nation's military will have to work more as a joint team than ever before. Currently military officers do not experience the joint environment until mid-level in their careers. This is no longer acceptable for success. Future military leaders need to learn sister service uniques and experience jointness at the beginning of their careers in order to ensure that the operation is more than joint in name only. Each of the Services' curriculums was reviewed for commonalties. Many purple commonalties such as Drill & Ceremony, The Uniform Code of Military Justice, and leadership already exist. A benefit that was realized early in this study was that each Service would have expanded recruiting pools by being represented at all ROTC detachments. This is achieved by staffing each detachment with a Joint team of ROTC instructors. Our military force has experienced a massive reduction and realignment since the end of the Cold War. Equipment modernization and increased training are all being emphasized in today's military. The smaller we get as a total force, and the more the threat of terrorism and Military Operations Other Than War increases the more we will need to rely on our sister Services strengths. An Armed Forces ROTC program is an important start for the US military of the 21st century.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA398919
Entities
People
- Christopher J. Tancredi
Organizations
- Air Command and Staff College